# 2014 Greek local elections

Local elections were held in Greece on 18 May 2014 (first round) and 25 May 2014 (second round). Voters elected representatives to the country's local authorities, comprising 13 regions and 325 municipalities.

## Background

Traditionally, candidates at local elections do not run under the official name of any party as the constitution only foresees the participation of electoral lists (or "combinations") and not parties. Despite this theoretical independence and distinction, for all practical purposes most candidates run as local front organisations for political parties.

## Issues

Greece is still facing a long-term government-debt crisis, which may affect the elections.

## Election results

Source: Hellenic Ministry of the Interior
In the municipalities, as well as the regions, any candidate can participate in the first round. If the leading candidate does not have an absolute majority (50%+) of the votes, then a second round is held between the two leading candidates in the first round.

### Regions
#### Attica

Contender Rena Dourou (SYRIZA) defeated incumbent Ioannis Sgouros (Society of Values) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Attica.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Rena Dourou | SYRIZA | 386,833 | 23.80 | 12 | 794,231 | 50.82 | 49 | 61 |
| Ioannis Sgouros [el] | Society of Values [el] | 359,302 | 22.11 | 11 | 768,604 | 49.18 | 1 | 12 |
| Georgios Koumoutsakos | Nea Dimokratia | 228,913 | 14.08 | 7 | | | | 7 |
| Ilias Panagiotaros | Golden Dawn | 180,908 | 11.13 | 6 | | | | 6 |
| Thanasis Pafilis | KKE | 173,325 | 10.66 | 5 | | | | 5 |
| Pavlos Chaikalis | ANEL | 116,464 | 7.17 | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Thanos Tzimeros [el] | Recreate Greece – Drasi | 48,242 | 2.97 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Antonios Gakis | Ecologist Greens | 36,449 | 2.24 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Despina Koutsoumba | ANTARSYA | 33,895 | 2.09 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Petros Mantoumbalos | EPAL | 32,475 | 2.00 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Maria Giannakaki | DIMAR – Greens – Europe-Ecology | 28,601 | 1.76 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Central Greece

Kostas Bakoyannis (ND) defeated Evangelos Apostolou (SYRIZA) in the second round and succeeded Klearchos Pergantas (PASOK) as Regional Governor of Central Greece.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Kostas Bakoyannis | Nea Dimokratia | 136,688 | 41.35 | 11 | 161,286 | 56.06 | 20 | 31 |
| Evangelos Apostolou | SYRIZA | 61,961 | 18.75 | 5 | 126,428 | 43.94 | 5 | 10 |
| Athanasios Giannopoulos | EPAL | 47,609 | 14.40 | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Apostolos Gletsos | Golden Dawn | 29,867 | 9.04 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Georgios Marinos [fr] | KKE | 29,191 | 8.83 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Konstantinos Chainas | DIMAR | 14,115 | 4.27 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Vassilis Zoumbos | ANTARSYA | 11,093 | 3.36 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Central Macedonia

Incumbent Apostolos Tzitzikostas (ANEL/EPAL/LAOS) defeated contender Giannis Ioannidis (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Central Macedonia.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Apostolos Tzitzikostas | ANEL – EPAL – LAOS | 322,829 | 32.81 | | 562.964 | 71.01 | | 43 |
| Giannis Ioannidis | Nea Dimokratia | 182,912 | 18.59 | | 229,838 | 28.99 | | 11 |
| Despina Charalampidou [fr] | SYRIZA | 115,484 | 11.74 | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Nikos Chrysomallis | Golden Dawn | 85,960 | 8.74 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Markos Bolaris [el] | DIMAR | 84,089 | 8.55 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Giannis Ziogas | KKE | 78,330 | 7.96 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Niobi Pavlidou | Elia – Drasi – Society of Values [el] | 58,059 | 5.90 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Michalis Tremopoulos | Ecologist Greens – Greens | 30,419 | 3.09 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Thanassis Agapitos | ANTARSYA | 25,842 | 2.63 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Crete

Incumbent Stavros Arnaoutakis (Drasi) defeated contender Serafim Tsokas (ND) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Crete.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Stavros Arnaoutakis | Drasi | 143,461 | 41.13 | | 184,154 | 64.01 | | 31 |
| Serafim Tsokas | Nea Dimokratia | 91,411 | 26.21 | | 103,547 | 35.99 | | 11 |
| Michalis Kritsotakis [fr] | SYRIZA | 65,000 | 18.64 | 5 | | | | 5 |
| Stelios Orfanos | KKE | 19,912 | 5.71 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Giorgos Spyropoulos [el] | Golden Dawn | 11,585 | 3.32 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Antonis Anipsitakis | DIMAR – Ecologist Greens | 9,234 | 2.65 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Giannis Kyriakakis | ANTARSYA | 8,198 | 2.35 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Giorgos Pavlidis (ND), the former prefect of Xanthi, defeated incumbent Aris Giannakidis (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Giorgos Pavlidis | Nea Dimokratia | 122,086 | 34.73 | | 168,852 | 56.34 | | 31 |
| Aris Giannakidis [el] | – | 96,959 | 27.58 | | 130,845 | 43.66 | | 10 |
| Konstantinos Morfidis | SYRIZA | 40,105 | 11.41 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Terence Quick | ANEL | 28,728 | 8.17 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Christos Kitsopoulos | Golden Dawn | 20,942 | 5.96 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Christos Trellis | KKE | 18,859 | 5.36 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Vasileos Traiforos | DIMAR | 10,158 | 2.89 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Katerina Gerostergiou | Ecologist Greens – Greens | 8,322 | 2.37 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Giorgos Botsidis | ANTARSYA | 5,387 | 1.53 | 0 | | | | 0 |

#### Epirus

Incumbent Alexandros Kachrimanis (ND) defeated contender Olga Gerovasili (SYRIZA) in the first round and remained Regional Governor of Epirus.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| Alexandros Kachrimanis [el] | Nea Dimokratia | 110,746 | 50.83 | 31 |
| Olga Gerovasili | SYRIZA | 53,543 | 24.58 | 10 |
| Giorgos Zapsas | DIMAR | 21,037 | 9.66 | 4 |
| Olga Tsoumani | KKE | 17,549 | 8.05 | 3 |
| Konstantinos Anagnostou | Golden Dawn | 8,591 | 3.94 | 2 |
| Nikos Zikos | ANTARSYA | 6,400 | 2.94 | 1 |

#### Ionian Islands

Contender Theodoros Galiatsatos (SYRIZA), defeated incumbent Spyros Spyrou [el] (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Theodoros Galiatsatos | SYRIZA | 24,694 | 20.55 | | 63,506 | 59.93 | | 24 |
| Spyros Spyrou [el] | Nea Dimokratia | 26,147 | 21.76 | | 42,469 | 40.07 | | 5 |
| Angela Gerekou | Drasi | 17,419 | 14.49 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Giorgos Kaloudis | Ecologist Greens | 14,428 | 12.01 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Theodoros Goulis | KKE | 13,750 | 11.44 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Alekos Desyllas | – | 6,216 | 5.17 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Nikos Lemontzis | Golden Dawn | 6,192 | 5.15 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Christos Anthis | – | 5,483 | 4.56 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Tassos Salvanos | DIMAR | 3,192 | 2.66 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Evanthia Gaitanidou | ANTARSYA | 2,661 | 2.21 | 0 | | | | 0 |

#### North Aegean

Contender Christiana Kalogirou (ND) defeated incumbent Nassos Giakalis [el] (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the North Aegean.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Christiana Kalogirou | Nea Dimokratia | 33,410 | 31.51 | | 46,357 | 53.01 | | 25 |
| Nassos Giakalis [el] | – | 27,446 | 25.88 | | 41,095 | 46.99 | | 6 |
| Aglaia Kyritsi [fr] | SYRIZA | 20,538 | 19.37 | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Stratis Korakas | KKE | 15,565 | 14.68 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Giannis Spilanis | DIMAR – Drasi | 3,673 | 3.46 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Vassilis Ballas | Ecologist Greens | 2,878 | 2.71 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Andreas Ballas | ANTARSYA | 2,525 | 2.38 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Peloponnese

Incumbent Petros Tatoulis (ND) defeated contender Odysseas Voudouris (SYRIZA) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Peloponnese.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Petros Tatoulis | Nea Dimokratia | 157,672 | 43.17 | | 182.456 | 59.35 | | 31 |
| Odysseas Voudouris | SYRIZA | 57,417 | 15.72 | | 124.953 | 40.65 | | 9 |
| Giorgos Dedes | DIMAR – Society of Values [el] | 56,181 | 15.38 | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Dimitris Doltsiniadis | Golden Dawn | 32,894 | 9.01 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Nikos Gontikos | KKE | 23,696 | 6.49 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Giannis Manolis | EPAL | 18,797 | 5.15 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Panayotis Katsaris | ANTARSYA | 10,653 | 2.92 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Dimitra Lymberopoulou | Ecologist Greens | 7,946 | 2.18 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### South Aegean

Contender Giorgos Hatzimarkos (ND) defeated incumbent Ioannis Mahairidis [el] (ind.) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of the South Aegean.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Giorgos Hatzimarkos | Nea Dimokratia | 61,168 | 35.71 | | 83,317 | 56.86 | | 31 |
| Ioannis Mahairidis [el] | – | 55,269 | 32.27 | | 63,216 | 43.14 | | 11 |
| Benetos Spyrou | SYRIZA – Ecologist Greens | 31,483 | 18.38 | 5 | | | | 5 |
| Lila Kafantari [el] | KKE | 13,561 | 7.92 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Savvas Spyridis | Golden Dawn | 9,813 | 5.73 | 2 | | | | 2 |

#### Thessaly

Incumbent Konstantinos Agorastos (ND) defeated contender Nikos Tsilimingas (DIMAR) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Thessaly.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Konstantinos Agorastos | Nea Dimokratia | 189,591 | 42.90 | | 208,170 | 54.50 | | 31 |
| Nikos Tsilimingas | DIMAR | 76,434 | 17.30 | | 173,814 | 45.50 | | 9 |
| Iro Dioti [fr] | SYRIZA | 58,762 | 13.30 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Vangelis Boutas | KKE | 46,075 | 10.43 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Panagiotis Iliopoulos | Golden Dawn | 30,552 | 6.91 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Marina Chrysoveloni | ANEL | 20,456 | 4.63 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Nikos Poutsiakas | Ecologist Greens – Greens | 10,166 | 2.30 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Stathis Douros | ANTARSYA | 9,870 | 2.23 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Western Greece

Incumbent Apostolos Katsifaras (ind.) defeated contender Andreas Katsaniotis (Nea Dimokratia) in the second round and remained Regional Governor of Western Greece.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Apostolos Katsifaras | – | 92,462 | 23.06 | | 153,028 | 50.50 | | 31 |
| Andreas Katsaniotis | Nea Dimokratia | 79,610 | 19.85 | | 149,984 | 49.50 | | 5 |
| Vassilis Hatzilambrou [fr] | SYRIZA | 67,406 | 16.81 | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Thymios Sokos [el] | DIMAR | 50,862 | 12.68 | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Nikos Karathanasopoulos | KKE | 35,284 | 8.80 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Christos Rigas | Golden Dawn | 31,338 | 7.82 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Ioannis Zapheiropoulos [el] | – | 13,069 | 3.26 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Panayotis Laliotis | ANEL | 11,794 | 2.94 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Giorgos Kanellis | Ecologist Greens | 10,957 | 2.73 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Dimitris Desyllas | ANTARSYA | 8,187 | 2.04 | 1 | | | | 1 |

#### Western Macedonia

Contender Theodoros Karypidis (ind.), defeated incumbent Georgios Dakis [el] (ND) in the second round and succeeded him as Regional Governor of Western Macedonia.
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Total seats |
| Candidate | Supporting Parties | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| Theodoros Karypidis | – | 24,694 | 29.13 | | 101,566 | 59.01 | | 25 |
| Georgios Dakis [el] | Nea Dimokratia | 67,859 | 35.61 | | 70,545 | 40.99 | | 9 |
| Themis Moumoulidis | SYRIZA | 21,054 | 11.05 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Georgia Zembiliadou | DIMAR | 20,573 | 10.80 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Giannis Vittas | KKE | 13,134 | 6.89 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Nikolaos Kourkoutas | Golden Dawn | 8,982 | 4.71 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Stefanos Prassos | ANTARSYA | 3,443 | 1.81 | 0 | | | | 0 |

### Major municipalities
#### Athens

| Candidate | Supporting Party | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | % | Total seats |
| Giorgos Kaminis | Olive Tree- Democratic Left– Bridges [el]- Greens- Europe-Ecology | 46,976 | 21.06 | 110,987 | 51.42 | 29 |
| Gabriel Sakellaridis | Coalition of Radical Left | 44,620 | 20.00 | 104,876 | 48.58 | 5 |
| Aris Spiliotopoulos | New Democracy | 37,746 | 16.92 | | | 4 |
| Ilias Kasidiaris | Golden Dawn | 35,949 | 16.12 | | | 4 |
| Nikos Sofianos | Communist Party of Greece | 16,529 | 7.41 | | | 2 |
| Nikitas Kaklamanis | EPAL | 15,834 | 7.10 | | | 2 |
| Vassilis Kapernaros | Independent Greeks | 7,937 | 3.56 | | | 1 |
| Nikos Avramidis | Independent-Panathinaikos Movement | 6,489 | 2.91 | | | 1 |
| Petros Konstantinou | ANTARSYA | 4,398 | 1.97 | | | 1 |
| Ioanna Kondouli | Ecologist Greens | 3,024 | 1.36 | | | 0 |
| Marios Strofalis | Independent | 2,097 | 0.94 | | | 0 |
| Stavros Vidalis | Independent | 1,474 | 0.66 | | | 0 |

#### Thessaloniki

| Candidate | Supporting Party | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | % | Total seats |
| Yiannis Boutaris | Olive Tree - Drassi - Europe-Ecology | 47,628 | 36.04 | 70,126 | 58.11 | 29 |
| Stavros Kalafatis | New Democracy | 34,564 | 26.16 | 50,542 | 41.89 | 10 |
| Triantafyllos Mitafidis | Coalition of Radical Left | 13,968 | 10.57 | | | 3 |
| Artemis Mattheopoulos | Golden Dawn | 10,195 | 7.71 | | | 2 |
| Ioannis Delis | Communist Party of Greece | 8,233 | 6.23 | | | 2 |
| Makis Stergiou | | 4,168 | 3.15 | | | 1 |
| Eleanna Ioannidou | Ecologist Greens - Greens | 4,131 | 3.13 | | | 1 |
| George Rakkas | | 2,869 | 2.17 | | | 1 |
| Giannis Koutras | ANTARSYA | 2,804 | 2.12 | | | 0 |
| Giannis Kouriannidis | National Unity Association - National Front | 1,918 | 1.45 | | | 0 |
| Dimitris Papamichael | Pirate Party of Greece | 1,672 | 1.27 | | | 0 |

### Nationwide percentage results

| Party | Nationwide results | Change from 2010 local elections | Change from 2012 legislative elections |
| ND | 26.3 | 6.3 | 3.2 |
| Coalition of the Radical Left | 17.7 | 12.7 | 9.2 |
| PASOK (Olive Tree) | 16.2 | 18.5 | 3.9 |
| KKE | 8.8 | 2.1 | 4.3 |
| ΧΑ | 8.1 | - | 1.1 |
| DIMAR | 3.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| ANEL | 3.2 | - | 4.3 |
| ANTARSYA | 2.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| OP | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| All others | 11.1 | 0.8 | |

## Reaction

The elections were regarded as a victory for SYRIZA, which was not expected to perform well due to its weak local organization. Candidates backed by the ruling New Democracy fared poorly, particularly Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hand-picked candidates. In Athens, New Democracy failed to make the runoff for the first time since 1975.
In response the results, PM Samaras said "Greece must show it has the stability that it deserves" in the second round and European election scheduled to take place next week. Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras said it was a "historic day", and that next Sunday would be "the first day of a new era."